m i n d c o d e

It has been a while since I’ve posted anything aqua-related. The thing is: I have no time. 4 aquariums and all of them are either full of algae, disabled or otherwise with lights off. Things are about to change since I want to sell most of my material, reducing to a single aquarium, with low-requirements and some gadgets to automatize most of the things. Anyway, I leave you with a photo of a shrimp hapily eating some algae:

My trip to the fields resulted in some nice photos, and a new desktop background that I hereby release to the community.

I know, I must change the theme… I’ll try to capture some insects today in the village.

Just got back from Tunise. Great place to test my new Canon 450D

Flora

• Eleocharis acicularis
• Rotala sp. ”Nanjenshan”

Fauna

• 2 Corydoras Aenus
  
• 1 Crossocheilus Siamensis, SAE
• 1 Chromobotia macracanthus, Clown Loach
• 18 Paracheirodon Inessi, Tetra Neon
• Dozens of Neocaridina Denticulata Sinensis, Red-Cherry Shrimp

I’ve switched the background from dark blue to white. Here’s the effect:

Corydora Pygmeus

Neocaridina Denticulata Sinensis (aka Red-Cherry)

Corydora Pygmeus next to Corydora Albina

Male Red-Cherry

Otocinclus Affinis

Some new plants (Blyxa Japonica and Hemianthus Callitrichoides):

I decided to reconstruct my 210l tank. Here’s how it looks at day 3 (still heavily clouded):

I asked my girlfriend to paint me a 1.20×80m canvas of a reef aquarium to put on my new bedroom’s black wall (yeah, I painted one wall in black :P). Here’s her artwork (based on a selected photo of an actual reef aqua):

My girlfriend’s aquarium received a recent change in the hardscape and some plants position:

Here’s a somewhat recent photo of my (heavy neglected) nano-reef:

So me and my girlfriend got tired of her old Aquarium, and started to build a new one, based on the equipment we already had. Here’s the result…

24 September 2006:

30 September 2006:

8 October 2006:

Flora

• Eleocharis acicularis
• Didiplis diandra
• Rotala sp. ”Nanjenshan”

Fauna

• 2 Corydoras Aenus
  
• 1 Crossocheilus Siamensis, SAE
• 20+ Neocaridina Denticulata Sinensis, Red-Cherry Shrimp
• 13 Paracheirodon Inessi, Tetra Neon

Setup and Equipment

• Aquarium 50×25x25 (31l)
• Eheim Powerball Filter
• 36W Philips Dulux-L 6500K w/ Electronic Ballast
• 50W Heater
• CO2 Bio-Injection

It seems that with only one day of voting at ratemyfishtank.com this tank has been temporarily ranked #3 in the Planted Tank category:

Thanks for all those 14 people who voted on it. I know that with only those votes, the #3 place doesn’t mean a lot, but.. hey, it’s an accomplishment

Here’s another update of Nameless after an 11W Ultraviolet-C filter instalation because of a green-algae surge (as usual right click -> view image for full-size):

Experimenting with a 8l nano fresh aquarium:

Here’s the setup:

• 20×20x20 (8 liters) cubic aquarium DIY
• Fluval 1 Plus Internal Filter
• 20w Halogen Lamp